Pro-SAA sources say that an evacuation deal between rebels and the SAA in Barzeh has been reached and that the evacuation of the first batch of rebels and their families from Barzeh neighbourhood starts tomorrow or in a few days. Also, pro-SAA sources report that battles in Qaboun have been suspended as a ceasefire was reached there for the rebels and the SAA to reach an evacuation deal.

While combing captured areas of Tabqa, SDF discovers another Daesh prison in Mehacia neighbourhood. It had a special section for women. According to locals Daesh used the prison also for meetings and training practices

A State Department official on Friday said that the Russian proposal to bar U.S. military aircraft from flying over designated safe zones cannot "limit" the U.S. mission against IS in the country in any way.

SDF official Hediya Yousef told the Observer: "Arriving at the Mediterranean Sea is in our project for northern Syria, it’s a legal right for us to reach the Mediterranean." Revealing the possibility that SDF forces might eventually push south/west to attempt to capture the city of Idlib or parts of Idlib as a map in the PYD office in Russia illustrates.